The Building Safety Act 2022 has now come to pass and contains the new amendments that all developers and building owners have been waiting to hear after the Act received its first reading at the House of Commons in July […]
Read the latest opinion piece from our CEO, Alec Guthrie, who discusses the changing face of block management. Alec Guthrie is the CEO of the Vegner Group, which owns HML, Faraday Property Management, Dauntons Soar, Shaw & Co Surveyors and […]
The communal areas of residential blocks is an area of great importance which contributes towards the overall fire safety of a building. These areas can prove detrimental to the fire safety of a building if they become congested with items […]
Effective compartmentation within residential blocks is an essential element of a passive fire protection strategy and is a concept which has been around for a long time. Compartmentation works alongside fire resistant materials, safety equipment and an evacuation plan specific […]
The External Wall Fire Review process, commonly referred to as ‘EWS1’, evaluates external wall systems including cladding on multi-occupancy high-rise buildings and has been an important step towards fire safety. The Background to EWS1 The Grenfell Tower tragedy over four […]
Become part of the modern method of Estate and Block Management! “For me it’s another string to our bow to becoming a truly one stop shop.”– Helen Elworthy, Director, Northwood Doncaster “We in Northwood Leicester feel that there’s a natural fit […]
Great news, another Partner has joined our B-hive Block Management network! They are determined to raise the standards and provide a first-class service. “My first impressions have been of B-hive’s can-do attitude. They are well resourced…and they are fully focused […]
Monday 10th January saw the government announce a change to their approach toward the cladding crisis by replacing the previously proposed loan scheme for affected 11m – 18m buildings with a limited grant scheme for leaseholders, up to a maximum […]
It seems that the issue of external wall cladding is never out of the media following the Grenfell Tower disaster. New to the table is a different type of assessment for external wall systems called FRAA – this stands for […]
Having recently announced a Financial Services contract and some excellent trading results, TPFG have now opened the door for their Franchisees to add Block Management (BM) services to their proposition using B-hive. The brands are Martin & Co, Ellis & […]
